In the beginning of the Hellenism chapter, Sophie receives a test with 4 questions on it. The first problem reads, “1. Make a list of things we can know. Then make a list of things we can only believe” (Gaarder 123). This problem reminded me a lot of Sarah Kay’s Ted Talk, If I should have a daughter. In Sarah’s Ted Talk, she asks her students to write a list of 10 things they know to be true. Although she discusses that only briefly, I’ve thought a lot about it and this test question has helped me remember my response. In this essay, I will be writing 10 things I know to be true, and I will counteract those responses with 10 things we can only believe. I will start with a quote I’ve heard many times. “Tell people there's an invisible …show more content…
I believe everything we do, has already been decided, and that is why everything happens for a reason. The one person who has changed my life for the better is my little brother, Brendon. He lives in Tennessee now, but I will never forget the way he made my heart warm with his laughter, and how much I’ve grown to appreciate the innocence of a small child and their wonder for the world. The 6th thing I know to be true, is it is very hard to take care of yourself and to love yourself in a world that is always pushing you to be something greater than what is possible. I know that there will always be stars in the sky, even if the clouds are covering them, they will return soon enough and I know they will always be beautiful. Number 8 on the list of things I know to be true, is you cannot pick up anyones broken glass by yourself without expecting to wind up with blood on your hands. In other words, you cannot fix anyone who does not want to be fixed. I know that love is the answer to everything, and it will heal all pain and everyone needs to feel loved to survive. The 10th thing I know to be true, is I will never forget the color of his eyes, and sometimes his kisses make me feel like I’m on another
In Episode 8 of Sarah Koenig’s podcast, Serial, Koenig claims that Jay isn’t a reliable enough source of information for the state to find Adnan guilty of the murder. She argues that there are too many inconsistencies in the story that he has told police over and over, and that there are too many problems in the story that the police use against Adnan.
Reading the poems in second person makes them much more personal and easier to connect to and imagine oneself in the situation, to picture what is happening. It forces you to pay attention to the little details. Second person point of view forcibly draws the audience into the scene, gives them no choice but to mentally participate. It helps you to avoid the disconnection brought on by monotone narrative textbooks. In her Ted Talk, Chimamanda Adichie makes the observation that if you “show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become.” With Rankine’s second person tellings, creating a “single story” becomes impossible, because the reader is drawing on their personal emotions and experiences. So
In the TED video “my stroke of insight” brain scientist, Jill Bolte Taylor describes her life changing experience of having a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain on December 10, 1996. Taylor begins her presentation by speaking about her brother’s mental illness and her research to find out what made him and other people with mental illnesses different from regular people. Taylor speaks about her work in the National Alliance on Mental Illness until she had her own experience with a brain disorder. Taylor states that on the morning of december tenth she had a brain hemorrhage and in four hours she lost all of her ability to process information. In “My stroke of insight” Taylor begins the presentation
Today I’m gonna be talking about a very inspirational poet from the mid 1960s to the early 2000s, Mari Evans. She had many deep poems that helped african-americans a tremendous amount through the time of slavery. Growin’ up in Toledo Ohio, she was educated at her local university which lead her to study fashion. She did write some poems, until she learned about Langston Hughes. He had a huge influence on Evans by supporting her writing, which lead to her creating true to what you believed in poems. They were short lined poems at the time but as times passed, she began publishing her poems, and became a sensation in the Black Arts Movement. For those who don’t know what the Black Arts Movement is, it was a
Social Psychologist,Amy Caddy in her persuasive and information from Ted Talk “Fake It Till You Make It” claims that if you stand in a well- asserted position you will feel and be more confident than others she supports her claim first by comparing how we feel happy but also when we are force to smile,then narrating that harmones could change us by being more assertive and confident can also lead us to being optimistic by illustrating confident images it can finally boost your fearless of confidentiality.
speak, is a story written in the main individual about a young woman named Melinda Sordino. The title of the book, Speak, is by chance in light of the way that Melinda picks not to talk. The book is formed as a monolog in the mind of Melinda, a pre-adult self eyewitness. What empowers Melinda to find her voice?
After Watching Carol Dweck’s Ted Talk I realized how our lives as students would be so much easier if schools used the “not yeat” technique except, it comes with some downsides because if you tell someone “not yet” it might defeat their confidence if they have tried several times before.
The TED talk by Philip Zimbardo was very thought provoking. He was a witness of the Abu Ghraib jail prisoner harassments during the Iraq war. He shared graphic images of what occurred in those torture chambers and it really made me doubt humanity and it’s morality. He believes the military police were put in a position by the interrogators to perform evil acts against the prisoners as an intimidation tactic. He also conducted the Stanford prison experiment where he sort of mirrored the events that took place at Abu Ghraib jail. He asked for volunteers and made sure they were mentally fit. He made half of them the officers and half the prisoners. The prisoners were humiliated and abused, he actually had to end the experiment early because several of the volunteers had mental breakdowns. Phillip made a point during the speech that the system creates a situation
In my 18 years I can relate to most of these quotes but some of them have a much deeper meaning to me than others. I have picked “The River” quote by Garth brooks because it is the most relatable to how I already think about how I want to live my life. When ever I have free time I attempt to use it up because life's too short in my mind to just not take the time to enjoy it. This quote relates to my yearbook quote of taking every day to have an adventure and having every adventure make its own story, but since a few months ago this quote now has a new meaning to me. A month ago I had a friend die, he was 18 and had a terminal tumor in the right side of his brain.
Sarah Polley’s film Stories We Tell is as much about how we interpret images – what we take as “true” – as it is about how we remember. Through a close analysis of the film discuss what you think the film sets out to do and how it achieves these aims. In answering this question you might also want to look at reviews of the film.
What point stood out to you the most? Why/what about it? Do you agree? Why or why not?
"The death of a beautiful women is unquestionably the most poetic topic." This quote, stated by Poe, reflects the author’s dark and twisted perspective on life. Poe’s tragic life influenced his writing; making death the reason Poe wrote. Substance abuse, the denial of death, and self-destruction, made Poe one of America's most beloved and well-known writers. The poem "Annabel Lee" best exemplifies the author's dark past with love, death, and drug abuse.
In this talk, Sherry Turkle’s arguments are shown to be very logical because she proves her points through the use of induction. Turkle first provides an example of an experience she has had with people as her “case”. From her experiences, she forms a rule or idea. An example of this is at 8:57 - Turkle says that she often hears people say, “I would rather text than talk.” From one simple statement, Turkle is able to draw from this that people are “used to getting by with less”. Moreover, Turkle provides an additional example on how lots of people have shared with her the wish of a more advanced version of Siri so that Siri will become more of a best friend figure - “someone who will listen when others won’t.” From these two statements combined,
The question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a haunting question for everyone. At the age of five, any child has a whole list of careers, and they want to achieve every single one. What is wrong with that? According to Emilie Wapnick, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that idea. As I watched Emilie’s TED talk, I was enlightened about the fact that maybe it was okay to have more than one passion in life.
I feel that I am fully prepared for anything that life has to throw at me. I am, wholeheartedly, looking forward to the life I have ahead of me, and I have my family to thank for providing me with the confidence to face fresh challenges. Along with my family and friends’ support, I have managed to fall in love with myself and my own personality. I learned to overcome various obstacles along with how to handle new hardships. I continue to grow as an individual every day of my life, along with facing new situations and environments and learning to adapt to these changes. I am still in the process of trying not to completely overthink every single detail of my life, but I am, nevertheless, making progress. I truly feel grateful for all the moments in my life that have led me to become the person I am today, along with getting to know and love who I truly am. As long as one is confident enough in knowing what is best for oneself and who one is as a person, even if a mistake is made, there will always be a way to find a